sobreiro
/su.ˈbɾɐj.ɾu/
The verdict
“sobreiro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,640 among 2,603 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,640
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,603
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - árvore da família das fagáceas de cujo tronco se retira a cortiça, (Quercus suber)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sobreiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /su.ˈbɾɐj.ɾu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #60,640 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sobreiro” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sobreiro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,640 among 2,603 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /su.ˈbɾɐj.ɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
sobreiro has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is sobreiro, spelled S-O-B-R-E-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1árvore da família das fagáceas de cujo tronco se retira a cortiça, (Quercus suber)
- 2árvore leguminosa da espécie Pithecellobium luzorium
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “sobreiro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-O-B-R-E-I-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /su.ˈbɾɐj.ɾu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.